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Conflict
Opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot)
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Deus Ex Machina
Any active agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an insoluble difficulty
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Flashback
A transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier scene or event that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
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Plot
The story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.
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Exposition
An account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a writing or discourse
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Complication of Plot
The part of the plot when conflicts develop and suspense is built
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Rising Action
The events of a dramatic or narrative plot preceding the climax
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Climax
The decisive moment in a novel or play
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Denouement
The final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work
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Falling Action
The events of a dramatic or narrative plot following the climax or narrative plot following the climax
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Setting
Time and place in which a play, book, movie, etc. takes place
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Point of View
A mental position from which things are seen
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Ojective Point of View
When the writer tells what happens without stating more than can be inferred from the story's action and dialogue
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First Person Point of View
When the narrator is a character in the story and refers to himself or herself with the pronoun "I"
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Omniscient Point of View
When a narrator knows everything about all the characters
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Character
An imaginary person or the actor's portrayal of someone in a play, book, movie, etc.
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Antagonist
Someone who offers opposition
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Characterization
Acting the part of a character onstage
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Foil
Anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
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Motivation
The psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal
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Narrator
Someone who tells a story
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Protagonist
The principal character in a work of fiction
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Comedy
A light and humorous drama with a happy ending
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Novel
A printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction
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Tragedy
A drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance
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